Article retainer



H. FULTON.

.ARTICLE RETAINER.

APPLICAI'ION FILED JUNE 21, 1920.

1,429,027. e Sep 12,1922.

INVENTOR f/A R o L o frILTo/v A TTORNE Y Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

PATENT HAROLD FULTON, ELYRIA, OHIO. 7

ARTICLE RETAINER. I

Application filed June 21,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HAROLD FULTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in an Article Retainer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an article retainer adapted to be pinned within the pocket of an article of apparel and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide an article retainer of simple and durable structure which may be conveniently used for securely holding articles, as for instance a pencil, scale and rule in the pocket, whereby the articles are held when the wearer of the article of apparel is in a stooping position and the articles are readily accessible when they are required. for use.

With these objects in view the retainer comprises a strip of metal bent or folded upon itself and being secured together at its ends. The said strip so formed is provided at one end with a circular portion adapted to retain a pencil and with substantially parallel portions adapted to retain a rule or scale. etaining tongues are struck up from the body of the strip and are adapted to engage the articles when inserted in the retainer and hold them. Partitions are also struck up from the parallel portions and divide the space between them into compartments. The upper edges of the strip are flared and the said flared portion may serve as a guide for directing the article into the retainer. A supporting pin is mounted upon one of the parallel portions and may be passed through the material of the pocket and hold the retainer therein.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view of the article re tainer.

Figure 2 is a top edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view thereof cut on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4; is a transverse sectional view of the retainer cut on the line 44 of Figure 1 and showing the same applied to a pocket. The article retainer comprises a metallic strip 1 which is bent or folded upon itself and when so formed is provided at one end with an enlarged circular portion 2 adapted to receive and hold a pencil or similar article. The portions 3 are spaced from each 1920; Serial No. 390,552.

other and extend from the portion 2 in substantially parallel lines. The ends of the strip are overlapped and secured together by means of rivets 4: or other similar securin devices. I

Fartitions 5 are struck up from one of the side portions 3 and are inwardly disposed between the portions 3 and divide the space between the portions into compartments adapted to receive and retain rules, scales or similar articles. Tongues 6 are also struck up from the body of the strip 1 and lie one in the circular portion 2 and one in each of said compartments.

A pin 7 is pivotally connected with one of the side portions 3 in a suitable manner and its free end portion may engage under a tongue provided upon the side portion in a manner similar to that of the pin of the usual breast pin.

/Vhen applied to an article of apparel the retainer is located in the pocket thereof and the pin 7 is passed through the material of one side of the pocket and secured whereby the retainer is held in an elevated position in the pocket and in the vicinity of the upper edge or mouth thereof. The strip 1 is provided at its upper edges with a flared portion 8 which may serve as a guide for directing articles into the retainer when they are being inserted therein.

From the above description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing it will be seen that an article retainer of sirnple structure is provided and that the same will securely retain articles therein when the user is in a stooping posture and hence the articles are preventedfrom accidently dropping from the retainer and are always retained ready at hand for use.

Having described the invention what is claimed is As a new article of manufacture, an article retainer comprising a member formed from a rectangular blanlr ofsheet material of elongated form and uniform width and thickness throughout its length, said blank being bent on its central portion to form parallel side members connected at one end by a loop portion forming a cylindrical pocket, the opposite ends of the side member being turned toward one another and connected, a plurality of inwardly directed partition members struck out from one side plate, a plurality of spring clamping members between said partition members and struck out from said first mentioned plate, said spring clamping members.

tending into sa1d cylindricalpocket to grip I having portions depending into the spaces provided between an article inserted therein, andimeans carrled by one of sald plates for attaching the article .HAROLD FULTON.

v4 holder removably to an article of 10 clothing. 

